August 7, 2015
An Iowa jury has awarded nearly $12 million to an Indianola woman who said in a lawsuit that her former co-workers at a toy company subjected her to graphic sexual comments and other harassment. The jury awarded $11.9 million to …
August 7, 2015
Car owners in Belleville and eastern Missouri have filed a federal class-action lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler and a dashboard computer manufacturer after two hackers used a laptop computer to take control of a Jeep being driven on a St. Louis …
August 7, 2015
J.M. Wilson has promoted Robyn Shepherd to property/casualty underwriter in the wholesale insurance broker’s Carmel, Ind., office. In her new role, Shepherd will quote new and renewal property/casualty risks, and serve independent insurance agents in Indiana. Previously, she served as …
August 6, 2015
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee would pay $21 million to more than 300 victims of clergy abuse in a settlement plan decried by advocates for those abused by clergy as paltry but praised by the archbishop as a “rebirth.” …
August 6, 2015
A concentrated law enforcement effort against speeding on Minnesota roadways has yielded more than 16,000 citations. The Department of Public Safety says more than 300 law enforcement agencies participated in the crackdown from July 10th to the 26th. Troopers, deputies …
August 6, 2015
Preliminary investigations indicate molten aluminum hitting water caused explosions that injured more than 30 employees at a southeast Missouri aluminum plant, a federal agency said. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the explosions that …
August 6, 2015
Brent Olson has been named director of marketing and programs for St. Paul, Minn.-based CHS Insurance Services LLC, a national agribusiness insurance broker and full-service insurance subsidiary of CHS Inc. In this role, Olson will oversee the overall marketing of …
August 5, 2015
A jury has awarded than $1.3 million in damages to a couple whose southern Ohio farmhouse was made inhabitable when a fuel deliverer mistakenly pumped 600 gallons of diesel into their basement. The Ross County jury awarded the money to …
August 5, 2015
Portage, Mich.-based insurance wholesaler, J.M. Wilson, has added two new property/casualty underwriters: Blayne White and Robbin Nichols. Both White and Nichols will quote new and renewal commercial property/casualty risks and serve independent insurance agents in Michigan. White graduated from Olivet …
August 5, 2015
Investigators say lightning has sparked a fuel tank explosion that left a crater 40 feet wide at an Ohio gas station. The blast and fire in the evening on Aug. 3 prompted a temporary evacuation near the Gas Depot in …